Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
Student Footprints >
My Carbon Footprint
Compared to other students in the class, I had a somewhat lower overall carbon footprint. I had a total carbon footprint of 6564 kgs. Most people had a carbon footprint around 10000 kgs or more. When I was taking the quiz to determine my carbon footprint, I was surprised the impact that food had on my carbon footprint. My food carbon footprint significantly brought down my total carbon footprint, which was only 629 kgs. My transportation carbon footprint, on the other hand, brought my carbon footprint up by a lot. My transportation carbon footprint was 2481 kgs. Compared to celebrities though, that isn't a lot. For example, 6981.3 was Jay-Z's carbon footprint for private jets ALONE. Not including many other forms of transportation. TO reduce my carbon footprint, I will take public transportation more often and ride my bike more, because those are what I need to work on.